So Long and Thanks for All the Propane .....

“King of the Hill,” an animated chronicle of the the life of blue-collar family man Hank Hill of Texas, is set to hop in the pickup and head off into a beautiful Arlen sunset.

The Associated Press reports that final episodes of the half-hour series, now in its 13th year, likely will air during the 2009-10 season, on Fox Television. HERE is the rest of the story on msnbc.com

I, for one, will miss Hank and Peggy, their friends and family. Sure, it poked fun at just about everything Texas ... but it was also a kind of loving fun ... we'd have our laugh at whatever predicament provided the basis for the night's story ... then we'd find ourselves nodding at the resolution ... or, at least, I did.

For example, there's the episode that is often repeated this time of year, "Halloween," where a woman, Junie Harper comes to Arlen with the intent to ban Halloween on the grounds that it's a Satanic holiday. After passing a curfew on Halloween night, she opens a "Hallelujah House," where kids can see real-life horrors, such as the theory of evolution, and getting AIDS from kissing. Frank and his buds strike back in humorous fashion - and Hank's boy, Bobby, though confronted with the prospect of burning in Hell for all time, still chooses to go trick-or-treating because, "I just want to be with my Dad." (Dads out there will understand this episode's appeal)

I have plenty of other favorite episodes. How about YOU?